Name: So You Want to Be an Actor?' The 9 Things You Need to Know!
Uploaded: 2021-10-02T13:56:28.000Z
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Description: This 9 part series covers everything from headshots to monologues, resumes, self-taping, audition prep, and agents, and more!

This 9 part series covers everything from headshots to monologues, resumes, self-taping, audition prep, and agents, and more!

Acting

Although splitting my time between NY and everywhere else, I still promise to my acting students you WILL book work.  I have taught Emmy winners, Drama Desk winners and worked with Golden Globe and Tony nominees! You can check out my content on Takelessons too in their live studio video content!

I will teach you the nuts and bolts of it all and then help you book bigger and better jobs as we work. You will have some homework as you must work hard to join this industry! Making a reel, auditioning and getting an agent are all steps I can help you with.

I am the proud author of 'Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century: Tips, Trends, and Techniques for Digital and New Media" now on sale at Amazon, published by Routledge Press.

Award winning NYC teacher and internationally known director, producer - Founder of Nicu's Spoon Theater Company. Have taught audition classes, techniques, dialect and accent coaching, acting classes, etc. for 15 years in NYC and 8 in LA.  

Have also taught literally ANY dialect and can teach it to you too. Also can work with you remove an accent. Worked with kids and adults on preparing an audition that works for you! Have extensive experience working with disabled and special needs artists.

Policies: a minimum of 12 hours needed for cancelling a lesson, charge of one hour lesson for making an acting reel or a voice over reel.

So You Want to Be an Actor?' The 9 Things You Need to Know!

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Shakespearean Acting

Child Acting

Film and TV Acting

Method Acting

Speech

Speaking Voice

Public Speaking

Meditation

Audio Engineering

Accent Reduction

Stage Performance

Dialect Coaching

Audition Prep

Theater Acting

Film Acting

Voice Acting

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

An American labor union representing over 160,000 film and television principal and background performers, journalists, and radio personalities worldwide.

List of awards

Top 10 off-off Broadway Professionals

Best Actress in a lead role

Best Production, Direction

Best Director

Undergraduate with a minor in Speech/Dialects

ACCENT COACH
NY work

Phyllis, A Slave to Poetry		Producers Club		2000
	Accents: (S.R.) British, Cockney, Irish, French, German, Russian

Displaced				Altered Stages			2001
	Accents: Ugandan, Rwandan, Bosnian, Afghani, Russian, Mexican

To Kill a Mockingbird		American Theater of Actors	2002
	Accents:  Deep south

Stumps				The Pelican Theater		2004
	Accents: Southern

kosher harry’s (US Premiere)		Spoon Theater			2007
	Accents: Standard British, Cockney, British working class

No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs	Spoon Theater			2008
	Accents: Jewish, Georgia (South)

Tibet Does Not Exist			Spoon Theater			2008
	Accents: Tibetan

Beautiful Thing			Spoon Theater			2009
	Accents: West London, British Working Class

Letter from Algeria			June Havoc Theater		2009-10
	Accents: Boston, New York, British Upper Class

Modotti				The Acorn Theater		2010
	Accents: Spanish, Cuban, Italian

You Don’t Want to Know Half of It  Manhattan Rep. Theatre 	2013
	Accent: Lebanese

The Lobby (an Irish Farce) by Don Creedon 	Adam Fitzgerald Director	2014
	Accent: Irish
Private Coaching in dialects: Russian, French, German, Bosnian, Italian, Spanish, High British, Standard British, Cockney, British Working Class, North London, Scottish, Irish, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, African, Chinese, Japanese, Texan, Southern, Valley Girl, New York, Boston, Maine (New England), Eskimo and more!

Accent coach

Prepared format and lecture about heatrical technology and inclusion in the arts and what can be done to encourage and grow the industry. Culminated in being a presenter at the USITT conference in 2016.

Presenter at USITT 2016 Conference

Author of book out in July 2017, Disability & Theater: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts

Author

Out in September 2018
Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century: Tips, Trends, and Techniques for Digital and New Media

Guest lecturer in Drama and acting and audition prep.

Guest lecturer

Guest online lecturer for specialty subjects in the arts/entertainment, TV, film and stage

Virtual guest teacher

Romanian

Italian

Spanish

Have been training actors in NYC for 15 years and many have gone on to films, TV, getting agents, winning awards. Have been a director and casting director in both NY and LA and know what auditions entail and what they want to see in order to cast you! I have taught Golden Globe nominees, Emmy winners and Tony winners  and I consult with casting many of your favorite shows!

Very fun, very informative first lesson about the business of voice acting; can't wait for the next one!

Stephanie is a really kind and funny person. She made me learn new things, definitely recommend.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Stephanie!

Stephanie is fantastic. Enthusiastic. Patient. Everything you'd want in a teacher when learning something new.

Stephanie is THA BOMB, to put it mildly. Extremely experienced and knowledgeable professional who conveys her industry wisdom clearly and provides a solid foundation for a newer artist to build on. Sharp, funny and a pleasure to work with - highly recommended!

Stephanie is a great teacher, she immidiately fugure out my weak points and we were working on them. love to work with her more.

Stephanie is one of the best instructors I've ever had. Not only is she incredibly kind and patient, but it feels like she is genuinely invested in your personal growth. Can't begin to express how much she's helped me and how much I'd recommend her for anybody looking to get into this field.

It has only been my first session and my mind is already at ease. I am so excited to work with Stephanie! I feel so lucky I have found the absolute BEST vo coach to help me with my project on my first try. Thank you so much! :D

Stephanie is a great coach. She has added so many "tools" to my "toolbox" as she likes to say. Anyone that is looking for a coach for acting, speaking, etc. should look no further than Stephanie.

Stephanie is the best teacher I have ever had. She tailors the lesson plan to my interests and skill level. She is very knowledgeable about every part of the film industry. Also, she gives great movie recommendations. If you are an aspiring actor, writer, director, or casting director, I recommend signing up for Stephanie's lessons.

Stephanie is charismatic and highly experienced in the field, she has always kept the class fun and interesting

The final video in a 9 part series this covers agents and being ready to work in the industry!

Video 9: So You Want to Be an Actor? Agents

Video 8 of 9 is about the Art of Self-Taping!

Video 8: So You Want to Be an Actor? Self Taping

Video 7 of 9 is everything you need to know to prep for your audition before self-taping or live acting!

Video 7: So You Want to Be an Actor? Audition Prep

Video 5 of 9 - all you need to know about Demo reels!

Video 5: So You Want to Be an Actor? Demo Reels

This is video 6 of 9 which covers audition monologues, how to find them, and make them work for you!

Video 6: So You Want to Be an Actor? Audition Monologues

Video 4 of 9 will teach you the basics of slating and framing your shots for self-tapes!

Video 4: So You Want to Be an Actor? Slating and Framing

Video 3 covers headshots and resumes as a package as tools for your career!

Video 3: So You Want to Be an Actor? Headshots and Resumes as a Package

Video 2 of a nine part series. This one is all about headshots sessions and how to make them work for you!

Video 2: So You Want to Be an Actor? After Headshots

Video one of a nine part series, this deal with headshots and all you need to know BEFORE the shoot.

Stephanie

So You Want to Be an Actor?' The 9 Things You Need to Know!

Stephanie's Acting videos

Video 9: So You Want to Be an Actor? Agents

Video 8: So You Want to Be an Actor? Self Taping

Video 7: So You Want to Be an Actor? Audition Prep

Video 5: So You Want to Be an Actor? Demo Reels

Video 6: So You Want to Be an Actor? Audition Monologues

Video 4: So You Want to Be an Actor? Slating and Framing

Video 3: So You Want to Be an Actor? Headshots and Resumes as a Package

Video 2: So You Want to Be an Actor? After Headshots

Video 1: So You Want to Be an Actor? Headshot Sessions

So You Want to Be an Actor?' The 9 Things You Need to Know!

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